– Craig Winrow, the coach of UK 800 Olympian Andrew Osagie, talking about how he became Osagie’s coach. Osagie, a two-time world indoor bronze medalist, holds the unfortunate distinction of getting last place in the 2012 Olympic 800 final with a time (1:43.77) that would have won any of the previous three Olympic finals.

Interesting Read:Renato Canova Talks About Doping In Kenya And Questions The Validity Of The Biological Passport System Canova argues that the best athletes do not benefit from taking EPO. “I don’t accept the fact that blood doping can give big advantages to athletes with top talent, at their best training level. And, if other coaches and doctors can support the idea automatically we will drastically reduce the number of athletes looking at PEDs, if they think this doesn’t give any advantage (or very little advantage only).”

Olympic Stuff: 2016 Track Schedule Released

Full Track And Field Schedule For 2016 Olympics Released Unlike most past Olympics, a handful of the finals will be held in the morning sessions. The IAAF also made a statement on the possibility of track events being removed from future Games: “No credence whatsoever should be given to recent unfounded speculation …”

Words Of Wisdom From David Rudisha “If your talent is not taking you to that higher level, don’t force it and don’t cheat to get there because it’s not fair even to yourself and it’s not fair to others.”

Week That Was

What are the Olympic chances of Grant Fisher and Anna Rohrer? How will Kenenisa Bekele do in his marathon in Dubai next month. Plus Club Nats XC, European XC, Kevin Sullivan moving to the marathon, Stephanie Hightower making the wrong news off the track, and LRC on the BBC.

The race results say 10K, the course map says 10,200m, but what was it really? Employee 1.1 tells you what he found out and argues why course accuracy is important, even in XC.*MB:Club cross: was the course actually long?

Interesting Reads

Good Read: Pat Bucher Catches Up With Haile G – Haile G Says He Wants One Last Hurrah At Marathon The 41-year-old is going to up his training and go for it one last time. “I don’t know where (which marathon) at the moment, but something at the end of May, or Berlin (late September), just for myself. The problem is everybody expects me to be in front, so it’s not easy. They know Haile Gebrselassie is a front runner, and if they don’t see you at the front …?”